Mapping quantitative trait loci for milk production and health of dairy cattle in a large outbred pedigree.

doi:10.1093/genetics/149.4.1959

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Mapping quantitative trait loci for milk production and health of dairy cattle in a large outbred pedigree.

Genetics - 1 Aug 1998

Zhang Q, Boichard D, Hoeschele I, Ernst C, Eggen A, Murkve B, Pfister-Genskow M, Witte L A, Grignola F E, Uimari P, Thaller G, Bishop M D

Abstract excerpt

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting milk production and health of dairy cattle were mapped in a very large Holstein granddaughter design. The analysis included 1794 sons of 14 sires and 206 genetic markers distributed across all 29 autosomes and flanking an estimated 2497 autosomal cM using K...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Cattle
Chromosome Mapping
Female
Health
Heterozygote
Lactation
Least-Squares Analysis
Linkage Disequilibrium
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Milk
Pedigree

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Quantitative Trait, Heritable

Selection, Genetic

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PMID: 9691050
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/149.4.1959
PMCID: PMC1460288

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